The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-26
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The State tax this year is only 5-mills on
the dollar.
Conway now has both railroad and tele-
graphic communication with the outside
wcrld.
w. Hyman Gurganus, of Cheraw, has
made an assignment for the benefit of his
creditors
The Marion Fair Company paid all ex-
penses this year, in spite of the bad weather,
and cleared $21 90
Capt. J. n. Sowell, of Lancaster, on
quarter of an acre of land, this year, made
100 bushels of sweet potatoes.
The large residence of Capt. f. A. Town
send, of Edgefield county, was recently de-
stroyed by fire. No insurance.
Marlborough, under its new charter, will
hold its municipal elections every year, in
stead of every four years as now.
The dwelling of Marion Wall, of Dunbar
ton, in Barnwell county, was recently
burned to the ground. No insurance.
B. f., Walsh, of Hampton county, made
$50 gallons of syrup from the sugarcane
grown on one-fourth of an acre of land.
The cotton gin and grist mill Of Mat
Mathis, of Edgefield, were burned on De-
cember 10th. Loss, $500; no insurance.
Charles Breitz, skilled railroad builder,
was killed ON December 18th by fall from
a window Of the Owen House of Yorkvllle.
Congressman Dargan has ordered a COM
petitive examination to fill a vacancy at
West Point, to be held at Florence on Feb.
Is.
The citizens about Dysons, in Edgefield,
are trying to induce the Richmond and
| Danville authorities to establish a depot
there.
Rubie williams, of Cambellton, Barnwell
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age in the State. He is years old and
weighs forty-eight pounds.
| A colored child on the plantation of W.
| f. Wright, of Laurens county, was recently
bitten by a mad dog and now shows unmis-
taxable signs of hydrophobia.
| A colored woman was burned to death
on the plantation Of j. s. Blalock, in Lau-
rens county, a few days ago Her clothing
caught from fire in the field where she
was working.
Henrietta Green, Zylphia Douglas and
| Candyce Calvin, three dusky amazons of
Darlington, are now in jail to await trial
for having drugged and then robbed a coun-
try colored boy of 500.
w. I. McFail, in the BorniceH People,
says that he lost valuable dog by snake
bite, and several months after death he cut
| the dog open aud found a snake fourteen
inches long attached TO his liver.
At Camden an attempt is being made by
| Mr.. Trantham to get the pardon of William
| Dinah and Bill Scott, two small colored
boys sentenced by Judge Norton to I'M
prisonment for life for burglary. These
boys are about the ages of 10 and 10.
Henry Williamson, who moved from Lex.
| ington county to Willow township, of
Orangeburg county, is charged with having
| committed an unnatural and revolving
assault upon his daughter. A warrant has
been issued for his arrest, but he has left for
parts unknown.
| At Greenville, last Saturday, p. T.
Hayne, cotton buyer, bought bale of cot
ton from Wat Lake colored). In removing
it 20 u warehouse for storage il was
discovered to be on fire inside. IL had been
bought at a fancy price as Allen Long
staple, but in the search for the cause Of
the fire it was found to have been falsely
packed, the inside being ordinary staple
j. T. Nix, widely known attorney and
money broker at Greenville has employed
n new method Of collecting. He has a mes
senger boy who is equipped with three tin
labels to be worn on his hat They are
conspicuously labelled respectively: "Col-
lector,n Collector of bad debtsn and "Col-
lector of very bad debts.r The boy plies a
hardened debtor with these in succession,
and the second usually brings the shelSels
A man representing himself os Col l..
Allen, formerly of Greenylle now Of
day. He exhibited sword which he said
he had carried through the war, and also
newspaper clippings describing him a;